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Sailing: Gonzalo Delays Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] In a meeting today [Oct 15] Argo Group Gold Cup organizers at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club [RBYC] took a close look at Hurricane Gonzalo‘s predicted track and intensity and decided to delay the event schedule by one day to allow crews the opportunity to reschedule flights to arrive after the storm has passed and the... Read more of this article
Sailing: Fleet Set For Argo Group Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The fleet is set for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup, Stage 6 of the Alpari World Match Racing Tour. Racing starts Tuesday, October 21 at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. Qualifying knockout Round-Robin matches consist of 20 teams divided into two groups. That’s followed by knockout Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and Finals. Leading... Read more of this article
Tucker Thompson Joins Argo Gold Cup Team
[Written by Talbot Wilson] America’s Cup TV commentator Tucker Thompson will be in Bermuda this October to provide color commentary for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup. Sailing for the 64th match for the King Edward VII Gold Cup Trophy will begin on October 21 in Hamilton Harbor. Thompson will join Scott Dickson on on Friday to cover the Quarter Finals,... Read more of this article
Artemis Racing Enters 2014 Argo Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] In an exciting decision for the Alpari World Match Racing Tour and the Argo Group Gold Cup, event Chairman Past Commodore of the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Brian Billings is pleased to confirm that Artemis Racing will come to Bermuda in October for the 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup match races. The team will enter with its crew composed... Read more of this article
Sailing: Newport Bermuda Prize Giving Evening
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Royal Bermuda Yacht Club – It’s a quiet Sunday after the Saturday evening prize giving, crew dinners and the last party at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club for Newport Bermuda 2014. Return crews are now packing groceries, topping off tanks and clearing Bermuda Customs for the long cruise home. Time now for some 1600 racers... Read more of this article
Constellation Wins Anniversary Sailing Regatta
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The US Naval Academy TP52 Constellation has won the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club Anniversary Regatta held Friday June 27 in Bermuda’s Great Sound and adjacent waters. Only the second race counted in the results and Constellation won that. His Excellency the Governor of Bermuda Mr. George Fergusson, who sailed aboard Constellation... Read more of this article
Stark Raving Mad & Simpatico Win Onion Patch
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Ask anyone who has done it… The Onion Patch is one tough series to win. It is a challenge to yacht, skipper and crew to prevail in these three spectacular events and venues. The Onion Patch series had two winners in 2014, Jim Madden’s Swan 601 Stark Raving Mad VII won the traditional IRC series and the Henry B. DuPont... Read more of this article
Shockwave Wins Gibbs Hill, Actaea St. David’s
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Shockwave, skippered by George Sakellaris of Framingham MA, crossed the finish line in the Newport Bermuda Race at 6:34 Bermuda time Monday to take line honors in the 49th Newport Bermuda Race. All of the boats in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division have now finished. Based on provisional results, Shockwave can be confirmed... Read more of this article
Constellation “Catches Train” To Bermuda
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Only six boats had finished the 2014 Newport Bermuda Race by late Tuesday afternoon in Bermuda — Shockwave, Bella Mente, Caol Ila, and Constellation have finished in the Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Division. Kodiak and Stark Racing Mad VII have finished in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division. The tally is six boats retired,... Read more of this article
Shockwave Crosses Line In 2 Days, 15 Hours
[Written by Talbot Wilson] George Sakellaris’ big white Richel/Pugh mini-maxi Shockwave crossed the finish line off Bermuda’s St. David’s Lighthouse Monday morning at 5:34 race time EDT [6:34AM local time]. Her elapsed time was 63:04:11. Bella Mente, Hap Fauth’s 72 foot Judel/Vrolijk mini-maxi, followed by seven minutes with her time at 63:11:25.... Read more of this article
Shockwave Wins The Newport Bermuda Race
[Written by Talbot Wilson] George Sakellaris’ Shockwave claimed first place in the Newport Bermuda Race this morning, with Hap Fauth’s Belle Mente coming in at a close second. For many of the 1500+ sailors on 162 boats on course to Bermuda in the 49th Newport Bermuda Race, yesterday’s Summer Solstice must have seemed like the longest night... Read more of this article
Follow The Newport Bermuda Race Fleet Online
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The 49th Newport Bermuda Race is right around the corner. Home-based spectators can track their favorite yachts, skippers or crewmembers in the 635-mile ocean classic starting June 20 from Newport Rhode Island. All boats in the 2014 fleet will be provided with Yellowbrick tracking modules before the start. Bringing the competition... Read more of this article
Carina Goes For Honours In Newport Bermuda
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Carina, the sturdy black-hulled McCurdy Rhodes 48 foot sloop now owned by Rives Potts of Westbrook CT, has sailed the classic Newport Bermuda Race 20 times, more than any other boat. Under her original owner, Richard Nye she won the St. David’s Lighthouse Trophy in 1970. Potts won the trophy with Carina in 2010 and 2012.... Read more of this article
Sailing Onion Patch Entry Deadline Is On Monday
[Written by Talbot Wilson] Entries close Monday, June 9 at 5PM EDT for the New York Yacht Club 160th Annual Regatta presented by Rolex, Stage 1 of the Onion Patch Series. The first IRC division race on Saturday June 14th and the first IRC division race on Sunday June 15th count as the first stage of the traditional Onion Patch Series. The new Navigator’s... Read more of this article
Junior Sailors Competing In IODA Championship
[Written by Talbot Wilson] A team of young Optimist Sailors left Bermuda this week for Punta del Este, Uruguay to represent Bermuda at the International Optimist Dinghy [IODA] South American Championships. They are the cream at the top of a crop of up and coming and very talented young Bermuda sailors. Racing will begin 12 April and conclude 19 April. The... Read more of this article
Tour Card Holders ‘All In’ for Argo Gold Cup
[Written by Talbot Wilson] The Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and Argo Group issued 17 initial invitations for Bermuda’s 2014 Argo Group Gold Cup. All of the 8 Alpari World Match Racing Tour [Alpari WMRT] Card Holders have told Alpari Tour management that they will sail in Bermuda. Match racing for the King Edward XVII Gold Cup Trophy is scheduled to start... Read more of this article
